The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27


ever | raised my eyes they fell upon Il
most ornate boese, thai fairly shone with
silver, glass and polished brass. This
dining ear was fitted up in old oak, with
blue-ereen velours hangings and uphol-
stery generally The dinner cost me a
dollar, and it was better thsn the best
hotel. had a pint Of PornmeEy Toe. Tor
which paid the usual two dollars. had
q cigar after dinner II the smoking car.
which, with its stained oak book cases
and brackets, its bric-a-6rae en- the
shelves, and its softly cushioned wicker
chairs, vas more like a comfortable libra
~ in soue city house than the interior Of
car Funningaeross the country alta speed
that a few years ago no railroad dared
even to attempt. / had some letters to
answer, and so | sat down there at a
desk ard answered them. If was at a
loss for the spelling of word. dietion-
aFy was at hand. and II | wanted an adj
dress, al had to do was ask porter for
directory of the city in which the lost
party resided Before / had finished my
writing it was after nine O'Clock and we
had passed Fort Wayne, and were thun-
dering on towards Crestline, our next
stopping place.
e As was tired turned in early, and
I slept soundly as though | were in my
own home slept Ear into the morning
and when woke and went into break
fast, we were somewhere between Pitts
burg and Altoona After breakfast
went into the barber shop and
THE barber shop" interrupted his
companion, Where did you find bar
Der shop2
son the train Of course o, didn't
speak of it before, did T. Well. that's
another feature exclusively the property
of the Pennsylvania New York and
Chicago Limited Yes, sir. There il
barber shop there, and good barber, too.
I was shaved without a scratch, had my
hair trimmed, and felt as fresh as a field
daisy in June found a book in the IL
brary that interested me until lunch
time, and just as got through luncheon
we arrived at Harrisburg, promptly on
schedule time-l..55 There ] got the
New York papers looked over the grain
markets, wired an order to my partner
TO buy 300 bushels Of July wheat for my
account, and settled down with a cigar
between my teeth for an hourOrtwo with
the news of the day. About four O'Clock
took my satchel, made my way to the
bath-room-0h yes there's a bath
room, too-had delightfully."- refreshing
bath, put on clean clothes, and donned
this black and white attire which you
now see Before had finished, We had
stopped at Broad Street Station, in Phil
adelphia, for five minutes, and were
shooting out over the Sehuylkill on the
last stage of the journey. Anotherdelie-
ioGs dinner occupied another hour and
more When 1 went into the smoking
ear, ge were somewhere between Trenton
and New Brunswick, and though there
was no pereeptible swaying of the train
or jolting either, was told shortly after
wards that we had made the run of
twent-fve miles between those two points
in exactly twenty-seven minutes. Pretty
fast going that. eh ? Before / finished my
second cigar we were in Jersey City 1
took the upper ferry, arrived on the New
York side at sharp seven o'clock, jump
ed into a cab and walked into the church
tonight in time to get a good seat for
ward. from which witnessed my friends
from start to finish.
Ny verdict consequently is. that the /
Railroad Company's new
Vestibuled Train beatsthe world There's 4
not another road on the face of this globe !
that could have afforded such service /.
rs that, and | am willing to make any /
bet on it that you choose 10 propose
Then the Hon. Wolfe Rahill made the I
that he intended TO take
the Limited back to Chicago AT nine i
o'clock this morning, and babe his friend I
goodnight.